Dox & Jox Features Wylie Doctor

Munton Perfect Fit For Sports Medicine Talk Show

It's pretty easy to see why Dr. Dan Munton is a perfect fit for host of Dox & Jox, a sports medicine talk show on local radio station 98.1 FM The Ticket.

The questions he gets from callers are the same questions he answers all day long for patients.

"As a sports medicine doctor, people come up to me all the time and ask me about knees and pain," he said. "I thought, ‘Why not have a platform to answer those questions?' It's kind of an extension of our practice."

Dr. Dan, a Wylie resident and parent, is a physician at Texas Sport & Spine. But every Friday, he spends two hours hosting the sports medicine talk show, Dox & Jox, where he answers questions from callers, interviews guests and discusses current events.

He entered the radio world about eight years ago with a 30-minute show called Health Talk that was broadcast on an AM station. He eventually transitioned to a sports medicine show and called it Dox & Jox. The show has been so successful that it is now on CBS Sports Radio for two hours (4-6 p.m. on Fridays) and is being syndicated in Amarillo and heard on iHeart radio.

"He has really grown the show," said Vickie Meyers, director of operations for Texas Sport & Spine. Vickie is on the radio show with Dr. Dan each Friday.

"One day I walked in to bring him some paperwork, and he had me sit down," she said. "I just never left."

Dr. Dan said Vickie helps keep the conversation real.

"When things get too technical, she asks, ‘What does that mean?' " he said.

Also on the show is Michael Potter, Dr. Dan's college roommate, who is now the play-by-play voice of Grand Canyon University in Phoenix.

"We Skype him in," Dr. Dan said. "He's got a great broadcast voice."

Dox & Jox has had numerous guests appear on the show from huge stars such as Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten ranging all the way down to local athletes and coaches. Wylie tennis coach Kathryn Gilreath has appeared on the show with some students from her state championship tennis teams. And Wylie's own Keelan Glass, the 6-year-old who ran a half marathon, also has been a guest on the show.

Dr. Dan said he especially loves talking with guests, whether they are local stars or national stars.

"That is my favorite part, the interviews," he said. "It's been a blast."

Each Friday prior to the show, Dr. Dan researches current events and prepares himself to discuss the sports medicine aspects of those stories.

"We just do it from a medical standpoint," he said. "We take medical issues and make it simple for people to understand. There's always things in the news."

Just recently, he interviewed local legend Billy Olson, who went to the Olympics in pole vaulting in the 1980s. The interview tied in with the current Olympics in Sochi and some of the sports medicine stories that have made news there.

He also takes calls and questions throughout the show from listeners.

Dox & Jox is broadcast live right from D1-Abilene, which is also the home of Texas Sport & Spine. D1 is a training, workout and rehab facility near the Mall of Abilene. D1 facilities are located all over the nation. Dr. Dan brought the program to Abilene, and Abilene's D1 was the first in Texas. Dr. Dan made sure the facility included a small radio studio in the back.

"We like the idea of doing the show from D1," he said. "It's really neat to do the show from a live sports venue."

Dr. Dan said Dox & Jox has given him a way to combine his love for sports with his knowledge of medicine, and he hopes he has been able to provide valuable information along the way.

Vickie has no doubt about that. She said he is a natural on the radio.

"He explains the injuries so that you and I can understand it," she said. "He makes it seem like he is sitting in your living room having a chat."